Game apparatus



May 22, 1928. 1,670,692

' L. J. RosAR GAME APPARATUS Filed Nov. 10, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 22, 1928.

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UNITED STATES LAURENCE J. Bosnia; or scm'ron, rmmsrnvmm.

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Application filed November 10,1926. Serial m. 14am.

The object-of thisinvention is to provide a simple'and attractivexapparatus for playing games of chance which-may be easily manipulated and which will; indicate results with precision-I:-.'The ginvention provides a game board -having' symbols thereon corresponding to'the' symbols in a deck of.

ordinary cards and having the symbols. ar-' ranged to cover substantially all combinations possible in a game 9 f cards and. a-rollf *ing or freely movable element which, when] itcomes to rest, will denote the winning combination. The inventionis illustrated in'the accompanying drawings and will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings:

Figure 1' is a top plan view of an apparatus embodying the invention, and

Fig. 2 is a diametrical section of the same.

In carrying'put the invention, there is employed a baseboard l of suitable dimensions and carrying marginally a rim 2 having a vertical inner circumferential wall 3 defining a circular spaceover the base board 1 at the center of which isa pedestal 4 having a pivot stem or post 5 rising centrally therefrom. The upper surface of the rim 2 is inclined upwardly and outwardlyfro'm the vertical wall -3 and terminates in an overhanging annular lip 6 extending1 cir-- cumferentially throughoutthe rim. in-. clined surface of the rim is indicated at 7 and at the junction of the said inclined suris constructed with a central. opening whereby it may fit over the upstanding stem or pivot post 5 to spin upon-the same, while to the under side of the rotor is secured a bearing plate 12 having an annular groove or race 13 inits under surface to accommodate antifric'tion'balls 14 seating in a 00-. operating groove or race 15 in the upper surface of the pedestal 4. The bearing plate -12',,is further rovided with a depending annular rim or ange 16 encircling the pedestal so that the concentric relation of the pedestal and the rotor will be maintained and possible loss of the balls 14 will be prevented.

At the center of the rotor on the upper. surface of the same is secured a cup plate 17 having a central recess to fit u n the tapered upper extremity 18 of the stem 5 so thata needle point bearing is "provided at the top of the rotor. A knob 19 is securedupon the cup plate 17 and this knob may be given any desired coni easily grasped by the fingers of one of the players for spinning the rotor. It will be seen at once that the mounting of the rotor is such that it will rotate very,easily vand will continue spinning for anappreciable period after receiving a slight starting impulse. The rotor is, of course, dis osed concentric with the vertical wall 3-0 the rim 2 and the edge of therotor is spaced slightly from the said vertical Wall,- as indicated at 20 the rotor beingprovided with a marginal ledge 21 upon which the ball 9 may rest, and

projecting from the mainportion of the rotor above andin proximity to the ledge 21 are radial pins or fingers 22 which are spaced apart a sufficient distance to readily accommodate theball 9,.and revent excessive lateral movement of the all. upon the ledge, as, will presently appear. The upper surface of the rotor is inclined, as indicated at ormation whereby it may be 23, so that the rotor has the form of. a flattened cone and if, by any chance, the ball ,orrblling object 9 should happen to find its way onto the inner inclined surface of the rotor it will at once gravitate toward the margin of the same andbe received between adjacent fingers 22.

Upon the upper surface of the rotor are marked, byv painting or in some other indelible manner, four radial lines-24 dividing the surface of the rotor into quadrants and vdisposed concentrically upon the rotor is a circle 25 markin oif a central circular area whichis sub-divided by the inner end portions of the'radial lines 24, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, and in the quadrangular spaces thus produced are'painted or otherwise displayed characters 26 corresponding to the pips upon a deck of playing cards, as shown, that is to say, one of said characters. represents a heart, anothercharacter represents a spade, a third character represents a diamond, and the fourth character represents a club. These symbols will, of course, be colored red and black, respectively, so "that they will be the same in all respects, as the respective pips upon the playing cards. Ex-

tending from the circle 25 to the edgeof the rotor are other radial lines 27 which are alined with the respective fingers or pins 22, as shown clearly in Fig. l, and in the radial columns thus delineated are displayed symbols.corr esponding to the pips upon playing cards, as shown at 28, there being four of these symbols in each column and the symbols being arranged so that all the syn! 01s in a column will be of the same suit or of (lilf'erent suits as arbitrarily determined by the maker of the apparatus and designed to represent substantially all the combinations possible if a deck of cards be dealt out in.

hands of four. While, of course, the columns may all have the symbols 28 therein, I prefer to leave one or more columns free of the symbols anddisplay in the last-mentioned columns the word Joker, as indicated at' 29, two of such joker columns being shown in the accompanying drawings. It will be understood, of course, that the several symbols in the radial columns are colored red or black accordingly as the same pips are colored in an ordinary deck of playing cards. Each quadrant of the rotor contains thirteen radial columns so that following one circle or annular series of symbols around the board there will be found fifty-two designations and, therefore, a representation of a complete pack of cards. The ledge 21 of the rotor is colored red and'black, as indicated at 30, between the successive radial lines 24 so that the margin of the rotor will display the color. corresponding to ,the symbol or character 26 within the central circle of the rotor and within the-corresponding quadrant of the same. The-surface 7 of the rim is divided by radial lines 31 into spaces corresponding to the radial columns displayed upon the rotor and-within each space is a I symbol 32 corresponding to some one card, of

a deck of cards, it being understood that the said radial lines 31 are so disposed that, when the rotor comes to rest, eachspace will be alined with one column on the rotor, this result being made'certain by the provision of the several pockets or seats *8 each of which is at the inner end of one of said radial spaces so that, when the ball 9 comes to rest in any one pocket; it will cause the cooperating fingers or pins 22 to aline with l the radial lines 31 extending from the ends of that pocket. This is shown clearly in Fig. 1.

Any number'of players may engage in a e played with the use of the apparatus "223 they may formulate their own rules determinmg the value of hands whereby to ascertain the winners'or losers. The several pla ers may be provided with charts upon which possible hands may be dlsplayed and each player may indicate in any desired manner upon his particular chart the hand which he chooses as a winner. A disinterested person will thenspin the rotor and the rotation of the rotor will cause the ball 9 to ride out of the pocket 8 in which it may have been seated and pass from between the restraining fingers 22- to ride up the inclined "surface 7 of the rim, although the general direction of movement given the ball will, of course, correspond to the direction of rotation given the rotor. The ball will, of course, roll upon the inclined surface 7 and Wlll be again engaged by some of the fingers 22 and will be given an additional impulse which will send it further-around the rim. As the rotor, however, loses its mo mentum and gradually comes to rest, the

- contains four clubs having the value of the ten' jack kin and queen respectively. Shduld the had come to rest in a pocket ahned with the word Joker, none of the players will be a winner.

When the movement of the rotor entirely ceases, the ballengagedinthe seat or pocket 8 and fitting between two adjacent fingers 22 wlll serve as a lock to hold the rotor still so that the winning combination may be read clearly andall doubts as to the winner be avoided. While a singleturn of the rotor may be held to constitute one game, the players'may, of course, agree tocontinue play through a predetermined period and may agree upon a system of-scoring whereby so many points will be credited for each winning hand according to an agreed upon value of the hands and the player at the highest score be declared the winner.-

Any player other than the one chosen -to spin the rotor who may attempt to touch the Ill ,end of the predetermined period having the ,7

ball or in any-manner overn its course will be disqualified and, as it will not be ossible to 'predetermine'where the ball wil ,come

to rest, the use of the apparatus will obviously be productive of intense interest, and players using the device will derive considerable amusement therefrom. Use of the device 'will tend to develop the 'owers of observation and acute perception o the players while at the same time it will not require such intense study as will lessen its attractiveness. I v f Having thus described the invention, claim: 1. A game apparatus comprising a rim having a series of pockets extending around its inner margin, arotor disposed concentric with the rim and having radial fingers at its margin projecting toward the rim, and a freely rolling element to be actuated by said fingers and caused to roll over the margin and adapted to come to rest in anyone of the pockets therein.

2. A game apparatus'comprising a rotor, a rim concentric with the rotor, having its upper surface inclined upwardly and outwardly from the rotor and provided with an outer marginal overhanging lip, fingers plrojectin radially from the'rotor, and a eely r0 element to be engaged by said fingers and actuated thereby whereby to be caused to travel over the um through centrifugal force and come to rest at the inner margin thereof;

3. A game apparatus comprisinga rotor.

having a margmal ledge, a rim concentric with the rotor and provided at its inner margin with a series of pockets, radial fingers on the rotor projecting over the ledge, and a freely rolling element adapted to rest on the ledge between the fingers and engage in one of the pockets on the rim, rotation of the rotor causing the said rolling element to travel by centrifugal force over the rim and find lodgment in one ofthe pockets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. I

- LAURENCE J. ROSAR. 

